Food stamps and Food estimate raises debate over ‘poverty’
CHICAGO – The estimate was startling, and made headlines around the Almost half of all U.S. kids will be on food stamps at some time during childhood.
How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wondered.
Surprisingly, [...]
According to the latest figures from Cancer Research UK, the deadliest form of skin cancer has now become the most common kind of cancer for women in their 20s.
Around 9000 cases of malignant melanoma, the potentially fatal form of skin cancer, are diagnosed each year in the UK. Incidence rates of this form of [...]
A diet that includes key nutrients and low-glycemic index foods is likely to reduce risks for age-related macular degeneration, according to the first study to analyze these factors in combination.
Earlier studies had revealed the age-related macular degeneration protective effects of several nutrients and of a low-glycemic index (GI) diet, but this study is the first [...]
Stem cell therapy has the potential to rejuvenate Alzheimers-damaged brains, and has already helped cure some kinds of blindness. And there are two more reasons to be hopeful about stem cell treatments, announced this week.
Controlling Stem Cells
This morning Cell magazine published an intriguing article about a breakthrough made by several American scientists researching how stem [...]
Staying slim is good for the planet, according to two UK researchers who concluded that because food production has a big impact on global warming, a lean population such as that of Vietnam will eat nearly 20 per cent less food and produce fewer greenhouse gases than populations where 40 per cent of people are [...]
According to researchers, eating one egg every day substantially increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Whereas limited and inconsistent findings have been reported on the relation between dietary cholesterol or egg consumption and fasting glucose, no previous studies have examined the association between egg consumption and type 2 diabetes.
This study sought to examine the [...]
Most patients with vitamin D deficiency were found to have a history of fragile bones that exposed them to the risk of osteopororis, according to a new study, conducted by US physicians.
The bone disease not only affected adults, but also children. Vitamin D insufficiency may also contribute to low bone mass or even aggravate underlying [...]
Scientists from Rutgers University found that spinach really does boost strength. The secret behind this, they reveal, is that this green vegetable contains phytoecdysteroids, a type of steroid that increases the development of muscles.
As a part of their study the researchers used extracts of phytoecdysteriods on lab samples of human muscle, and found that it [...]
The benefits of moderate physical activity to general health and well-being are well known. It is recommended that people engage in 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity physical activity, equivalent to 30 minutes each day 5 times a week.
Although pedometers are widely used as a physical activity monitoring tool, they are unable to measure [...]
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